MolOverBeethoven I agree with that. But I also think there are 'cultural' aspects to it that are more difficult to identify and define and, as a result, address.
As I posted before, at one end of the scale there are racists. People who through ignorance and often fear, use people of colour as the object of their anger. They deflect their own inadequacies through hatred for others. They're often a lost cause but as subsequent generations mix, their kind literally die off.
Then there are those who see enormous change. They see whole neighbourhoods change. They become a minority. They see religious and cultural practices that trouble them. In 99.9% of cases there's nothing for them to fear. But their concerns are genuine.
I hasten to add that these aren't the people burning police cars and attacking black people. They're the ones sat at home reading about it.
It's difficult to articulate, but we have to have a conversation about how we bring people together, not divide us further.
